Connecticut writer co-authors book on Revolutionary War hero John Stark

The Associated Press

Published
9:50 am EST, Thursday, February 26, 2015

ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gen. John Stark’s words grace New Hampshire’s license plates — LIVE FREE OR DIE — but most people outside New England would be hard-pressed to identify him. Two brothers hope to change that with their new book on the Granite State’s favorite son.

Stark did most of his soldiering in New York while fighting in two 18th-century wars. He was an officer in Rogers’ Rangers during the French and Indian War, and he led New Hampshire troops during the American Revolution, fighting in such key battles as Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton and Bennington.